Ice-tongs.



Patented June 21, 1904.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VVILLARD` JAY WOODCOCK, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO W OODCOCK PLATE ICE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ICE-Tomas.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 762,973, dated. June 21, 1904.

Application filed October V9, 1903.

To cir/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD JAY WooD- oooK, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means for removing plate-ice from the tank in which it is frozen.

The invention consists in the novel construction of ice-tongs hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section of a freezing-tank onthe line m m of Eig. 2, showing the ice block and my tongs in position for lifting said blockY from said tank. Fig.v2 is a side elevation of the tongs and ice block.

Similar numbers of reference indicate like parts.

l represents a compartment in a freezingtank in vwhich the ice is produced in a plate` or block 2 upon the freezing-surface,'(indicated at 3.)' After the ice block is frozen to the desired thickness it is usually thawed from the freezing-surface and floats in the water remaining in the compartment. The tongs which forms the subject of my present invention is then used for lifting said block bodily out of said freezing-compartment. Said tongs consists of four arms 4, each arm having its lower end 5 turned at substantially a' right angle'and preferably provided with upwardlyextending points. The upper end 6 of each arm is also turned'and provided with a hook, pin, or other engaging device for a link 7. Near the said upper end is a lug 8, having an opening to receive a vertical pivot-pin 9.

lO is a connecting-bar having near each end a sleeve Il, provided on each side with jaws l2. The lugs 8 of the arms 4: are secured in said jaws by the pivotpins 9. The bar l0 is free to turn in the sleeves 11, but is prevented from endwise movement therein by any suitable means.

At the middle of the bar l0 is a loose ring 13, having an eye for the reception of the Serial No. 176,428. (No model.)

In operation the links 7 are removed andv the arms 4 turned on their pivot-pins 9, so

Vthat the turned-over lower ends 5 stand parallel to bar lO. Said ends can then be introduced between the block and sides of the tank. The arms 4L are then lowered until said ends come below the block, when the arms are Vturned on their pins to bring the ends 5 under the block, as shown in Fig. 1. The links 7 are then placed over the hooks on the upper ends 6 of arms et, and the ice block is hoisted out o f the tank and its lower edge rested on the usual receiving-platform. In order to bring' the block fiatwise on the platform for cutting, the block is tilted and then gradually lowered by its hoisting-tackle, the bar 10 then turning in the sleeves 11.

I claim l. The combination in an ice-tongs, of a supporting-bar and a plurality of dependent arms pivoted on opposite sides thereof, each of said arms having its lower end turned at substantially a right angle to its body portion.

2. The combination in an ice-tongs of a supporting-bar, a plurality of dependent arms pivoted on opposite. sides thereof, each of said arms having its ends turned at substantially a right angle to its body portion, and means for detachably connecting the upperl turnedover ends of the arms on one side of said bar with the corresponding ends of the arms on the other side.

3. The combination in an ice-tongs of a supporting-bar, two sleeves thereon, each of said sleeves having jaws located on opposite sides of said bar, and dependent arms pivoted in said jaws, each of said arms having its lower end turned at substantially a right angle to its body portion.

A. The combination in an ice-tongs, of a supporting-bar, an adjustable ring disposed In testimony whereof I have signed my name therein, means for adjusting said ring on said to this specification in the presence of two subbar and retaining the` same in adjusted posi-4 seribing Witnesses. tion, and a plurality of dependent arms pivoted on opposite' sides of said bar, each of said arms having its lower end turned at su lostantially a right angle to its body portion.

WILLARD JAY VVOODCOCK. Witnesses:

WM. H. SIEGMAN,

. I. A. VAN WART. 

